The Reichstag fire The Reichstag fire took place on February 27th 1933. The Reichstag building was where Germany’s parliament sat. On the night of February 27th Hitler and Goebbels were having dinner at Goebbel’s Berlin home. Just after 21.00‚ Goebbels received a phone call from Dr. Hansfstaengl that the Reichstag building was on fire. Goebbels later claimed that he felt the news was so fanciful that he did not inform Hitler even though he was in the same house. It was only when he received another
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How far do you agree that the Reichstag fire handed Germany to Hitler? On the 27th February 1933‚ the Reichstag building was burned down. Hitler was able to take advantage of this. The Reichstag fire was very important it was a step in Hitler becoming fuhrer of Germany. The communists were his closest competition in the election‚ and he made it look like it was a communist plot‚ and was able to go and have the members of the communist party arrested and killed‚ of course all for the good of the
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’The Reichstag fire was more important than the Enabling Act in allowing Hitler to consolidate power in 1933.’ How far do you agree with this statement? [10] Hitler and the Nazis hated Communism and the arrest of Van der Lubbe gave Hitler evidence that the Communists were plotting against the government. On 27th February 1933‚ the night of the fire 4‚000 leading Communists were arrested and imprisoned to remove the threat that they posed on the government. The next day‚ to increase Nazi control
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Explain why the Decree for the Protection of people and state was issued in February 1933 (12 marks) The Decree for the Protection of People and State‚ also known as the Reichstag Fire decree‚ was issued by the Hitler in February 1933 and was essentially a means for the Nazis to consolidate their power. The decree suspended many of the civil and political rights that had been brought about under the Weimer constitution. It restricted various liberties such as private telephone calls and allowed the
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Why did Hitler become Dictator of Germany? by carelle.t With in this essay I will be using five main points; The Reichstag fire‚ the March 1933 elections‚ enabling law‚ night of the long knives and Hindenburg’s death‚ that helped Hitler become the dictator of Germany‚ to expand on why precisely he became dictator of Germany. In my opinion‚ from my five main points I think that the enabling act was the most significant reason why Hitler became a dictator because it allowed his ‘rise to power’ to
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Photo of a fire taken with a 1/4000th of a second exposure A flame is a mixture of reacting gases and solids emitting visible‚ infrared‚ and sometimes ultraviolet light‚ the frequency spectrum of which depends on the chemical composition of the burning material and intermediate reaction products. In many cases‚ such as the burning of organic matter‚ for example wood‚ or the incomplete combustion of gas‚ incandescent solid particles called soot produce the familiar red-orange glow of ’fire’. This light
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everything that happened in the Reichstag and the constitution. Hitler used Goering to order the police to co-operate with the SS and SA on 17th February. This gave Hitler more control over who was arrested and who was not so he could ignore Nazi crime and focus on his political rivals. This weakened the support towards the other parties in the Reichstag and so made it unfair in the Reichstag due to proportional representation. Just over a week later the Reichstag was burnt to the ground. The next
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Nazis. The Reichstag Fire had given Hitler the opportunity to damage the reputation of the Communists and to heighten the reputation of the Nazis. Caught inside the Reichstag building was communist Van der Lubbe‚ who was captured and charged for starting the fire. This gave Hitler the perfect excuse to ‘get rid’ of the Nazis highest competition‚ he claimed all communists were behind the plotting of the fire and ordered many to be arrested. This left many empty seats in the Reichstag parliament and
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seriously because no matter what extremely dangerous task he ordered‚ they completed them with no arguments. An example is that Hitler ordered the ministers to burn down the Reichstag Building then use Marius van der Lubbe as a scapegoat so the Nazis weren’t suspended and blamed. Marius was found climbing down the Reichstag Building and he admitted that he had done the arson attack so he was executed. 6. Adolf Hitler was blamed for the above events‚ because he was the largest suspect to causing
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combining his oratory skills with suggestions of new dynamic policies‚ Hitler became a symbol of ‘hope’ in Germany. Hitler progressed further in his pursuit through his decision to form a colition government with the Nationalists in 1933. The Reichstag was characterized by a heightened sense of mistrust‚ suspicion and rivalry between right-wing and left-wing parties. The nationalists were afraid of the Nazi party‚ with its extremist views‚ would
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